Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 · Boston : Aldine Book Publishing Co. · leaf 246
of a salvia leaf .*and it is to be carefully noted that these last curves, beingnever intended by nature to be seen singly, are more heavy … THE MATERIAL OF ORNAMENT 223 and less agreeable than any of the others which would be seenas independent lines. But all agree in their character ofchangeful curvature, the mountain and glacier lines only ex-celling the rest in delicacy and richness of transition. § xx. Why lines of this kind are…
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